Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 246 · 40 questions

Study tip (Hunt the slips): Smart checks: units in each answer, all parts answered, question numbers right, roll number written, key sums reworked, spelling of key terms, labels on diagrams. Kinds of slips: calculation slip (7 × 8 = 54), copying slip (45 used as 54), missed part (only part (a)), missing unit (20 instead of 20 cm²). Does the answer make sense? A pencil does not cost ₹4,000.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) all parts answered (d) staring at the ceiling
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) all parts answered (c) units in each answer (d) spelling of key terms
3. 3.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) adding doodles (c) units in each answer (d) random answer changes
6. 6.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) reworking key sums (c) checking page 1 only (d) units in each answer
9. 9.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) reworking key sums (c) checking page 1 only (d) all parts answered
10. 10.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) spelling of key terms (c) adding doodles (d) random answer changes
11. 11.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) staring at the ceiling (c) checking page 1 only (d) labels on diagrams
12. 12.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
14. 14.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) question numbers right (c) all parts answered (d) staring at the ceiling
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
19. 19.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) check your answers (b) chat with others (c) sit and wait (d) leave the hall
20. 20.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) leaving the hall early (c) adding doodles (d) question numbers right
23. 23.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) adding doodles (c) roll number written (d) reworking key sums
24. 24.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
26. 26.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) all parts answered (c) labels on diagrams (d) units in each answer
30. 30.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) skip it (b) do it the same way (c) guess again (d) add the answer back
31. 31.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
34. 34.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the weather (b) your friend’s page (c) the hall’s colour (d) your name and roll no.
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
36. 36.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
37. 37.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time

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